Ask any group about the skills of the best managers and leaders, and they will never include micromanagement on the list. I know, because I’ve asked hundreds of people that question. And yet, everyone knows what micromanagement is and has experienced … [Continue reading]

Expectations are the forgotten fundamental of leadership. Everyone will nod and agree that expectations are important, but I see far too often where they are assumed, misunderstood, or missing. Talking and thinking about setting clear expectations … [Continue reading]

Today's episode is the result of a challenge that I issued earlier this year - asking viewers to give me a word, any word, that I would then tie back to leadership.
And today, I am comparing leadership and airplanes. … [Continue reading]

How often do you feel tugged in multiple directions during the day, driven by “something urgent?” How often do you succumb to the lure of the shiny object diverting your attention? Perhaps more importantly, how often is your team being diverted and … [Continue reading]